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    Jane Austen
    “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    tags: books, library, reading
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    Anton Chekhov
    “Be sure not to discuss your hero's state of mind. Make it clear from his actions."

    (Letter to Alexander Chekhov, May 10, 1886)”
    ― Anton Chekhov
    tags: characters, creative-process, state-of-mind, writing
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    Susanna Clarke
    “A piece of writing is like a piece of magic. You create something out of nothing.”
    ― Susanna Clarke
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    Susanna Clarke
    “Such nonsense!" declared Dr Greysteel. "Whoever heard of cats doing anything useful!"
    "Except for staring at one in a supercilious manner," said Strange. "That has a sort of moral usefulness, I suppose, in making one feel uncomfortable and encouraging sober reflection upon one's imperfections.”
    ― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
    tags: cats
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    Susanna Clarke
    “Houses, like people, are apt to become rather eccentric if left too much on their own; this house was the architectural equivalent of an old gentleman in a worn dressing-gown and torn slippers, who got up and went to bed at odd times of day, and who kept up a continual conversation with friends no one else could see.”
    ― Susanna Clarke, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
    tags: 2004, eccentricity, solitude
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    C.S. Lewis
    “A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: books, children-s-books, reading
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    Thomas A. Edison
    “I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”
    ― Thomas A. Edison
    tags: edison, failure, inspirational, paraphrased
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    Thomas A. Edison
    “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.”
    ― Thomas Edison
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “Now it is a strange thing, but things that are good to have and days that are good to spend are soon told about, and not much to listen to; while things that are uncomfortable, palpitating, and even gruesome, may make a good tale, and take a deal of telling anyway.”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
    tags: storytelling-story-tales
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    Robert Frost
    “Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
    I took the one less traveled by,
    And that has made all the difference.”
    ― Robert Frost
    tags: choice, consequence, individuality, inspirational
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    Albert Camus
    “Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: on-fiction
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    J.R.R. Tolkien
    “I have claimed that Escape is one of the main functions of fairy-stories, and since I do not disapprove of them, it is plain that I do not accept the tone of scorn or pity with which 'Escape' is now so often used. Why should a man be scorned if, finding himself in prison, he tries to get out and go home? Or if he cannot do so, he thinks and talks about other topics than jailers and prison-walls?”
    ― J.R.R. Tolkien
    tags: fantasy, fiction, on-fiction, tolkien, writing
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    Rachelle Dekker
    “The truth is beautiful, like you. The truth is you have been made perfect and are wholly loved. Chosen simply because you breathe, because you exist, because of who created you.”
    ― Rachelle Dekker, The Choosing
    tags: beautiful, chosen, created, truth
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    Oscar Wilde
    “I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories
    tags: intelligence, self-deprecation
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    Mark Twain
    “There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior there is a drama, a comedy, and a tragedy.”
    ― Mark Twain
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    “Who says books aren't 'real' friends? We hug them, treasure them, relate to them, spend weekends with them, and bring them along on vacation! They give us escape, comfort, adventures, advice, hope, inspiration, role models, and something to look forward to after a hard day. What more could you ask for from a friend?”
    ― A.J. Sky
    tags: book-quotes, readers-life
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    C.S. Lewis
    “The world does not need more Christian literature. What it needs is more Christians writing good literature.”
    ― C.S. Lewis
    tags: art, christianity, integrity, literature, writers
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    Peter Jackson
    “A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.”
    ― Peter Jackson, The Art of The Return of the King
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    Michael Buckley
    “Don't duh me!" Puck snapped. "Trying to figure out what you're thinking from one day to the next takes more brains than I have."
    Well, maybe you should stop. I'd hate to burn out that little peanut in your head.”
    ― Michael Buckley, The Everafter War
    tags: daphne, puck, sabrina, sisters-grimm
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    Benedict Cumberbatch
    “Because reading is one of the joys of life, and once you begin, you can't stop, and you've got so many stories to look forward to.”
    ― Benedict Cumberbatch
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    Shannon Hale
    “I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”
    ― Shannon Hale
    tags: editing, writing
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  • #22
    “We face so many closed doors in our lives. We long for an open door. Any open door. Yet we will misinterpret so much if we assume every open door must be from God... The problem is we have an enemy who opens and closes doors too.”
    ― Allen Arnold, The Story of With: A Better Way to Live, Love, & Create
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  • #23
    “Stress and striving always color your art in unintended ways.”
    ― Allen Arnold
    tags: allen, allen-arnold, arnold, art, color, peace, quote, stress, work
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  • #24
    “Some stories offer a way to unplug from reality. Yet the better stories usher us into a deeper reality." - Allen Arnold”
    ― Allen Arnold, The Story of With: A Better Way to Live, Love, & Create
    tags: allen-arnold, christian-storyteller, the-story-of-with
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